Timothy kennedy



@eine faire @anni @frn Letters Patent No, 82,227, dated September 15, 1868.

IMPROVED BELTrFASTENING.

@the chehnle' feierten. tu in time Estima @anni mit making part nt the same.

T0 ALL IVIIOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beitknown that I, TIMOTHY KENNEDY, of Mount. Carmel, in thecounty of New Havem'and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and improved Belt-Fastening; and I do hereby declare that the vfollowing is a` {nih-clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to make and'use the same; reference being had to the accompanying drawing, Iforming part of this specification; in which- Figure l represents a longitudinal section ofmy improved belt-fastening; I

Figure 2 is a transverse section of the same'.

Figure 3 is a detached perspective'jview of one of tholower fastening-strips.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. l I.

This invention' relates to a new belt-clasp, which 'is so 'a1- rangedA that it can be easily applied to old and new belts, that it will hold the ends of the belt firmly together, Aand that it is' strongand durable.

The fastening consists ofone plate and two strips, Theplate is 'arranged `on theu'pper side of the belt, and the two strips opposite toit 'on the under side. All the parts are held together by means of screws that are {it-ted into the upper plate, through .the belt-ends and strip 6.,' l

The strips are'provided-with projections that are sunk in the leather, and that not only serve to steady thev strips yin* their places, but also form` a longer thread for the fastenng-scre\vs. The Vu pper faces ofthe strips are ridge-shaped, e., olevatedalong the middle, Vso as to he sunk the belt in such-manner thatside-play is prevented.

' l A, in thedrawing, representsa.' metal plate, of'suitable size, perforated along two opposite edges.

Il C are the two ends'of the-belt tobeconnected. A l D D are two metal springs, each about as long astthe plate A. Eaclrstrip is or should be thicker in the middle than it is along the-edges,'as shown.

v From each strip, D,vproject wward as many bossesorhfeadsfa a, as there are holes in the corresponding edge of' the plate These proymtion, a, are perforated, and provided-with female-screw threads,'soias to form a hold for the screws by which all parts are connected, as in g. 2.

By means of the projections a, the strips vD are so firmly. embedded in the leather that they\can\no't be laterally or longitudinally displaced, and considerable strainis thereby removed from the screws. On wide belts there may be a series of plates, A, and of pairs of strips D, or other equivalents, arranged alongsideeach other, so as not to have the fastening made too stil.

Having thusdescribed my invention, whatI claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is,- The springs or bars D D', constructed witha convex or ridge surface, so as to be lembedded in the surface of the belt,vand combined with v the plate A upon the opposite side or surface of the belt, the plate and bars secured together through the belt, substantially as set forth.

TIMOTHY KENNEDY.- Witnesses:

WM. F.' MCNAMARA, vALLX. F, ROBERTS. 

